ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s lower house of parliament on Wednesday passed the contentious 27th constitutional amendment seeking major changes in the country’s judicial and military command structure by a two-thirds majority required for constitutional changes, as opposition lawmakers staged a walkout in protest. The development takes place after Pakistan’s upper house of parliament, the Senate, passed the 27th constitutional amendment by a two-thirds majority on Monday. Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar had tabled it in the lower house a day earlier.

ISLAMABAD: The Senate, the upper house of Pakistan parliament, on Monday passed the 27th constitutional amendment with two-thirds majority, amid a protest by opposition members.…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Senate, the upper house of parliament, on Monday approved the 27th constitutional amendment that reshapes the country’s judiciary and military command, amid…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar tabled the 27th constitutional amendment reshaping military, judiciary command in the National Assembly on Tuesday after it…

New amendment would centralise power in the executive and military, prompting warnings of weakened judiciary.

Pakistan's National Assembly passes the 27th Constitutional Amendment Bill, establishing a Chief of Defence Forces amid opposition boycott.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s lower house of parliament on Wednesday passed the contentious 27th constitutional amendment seeking major changes in the country’s judicial and military…

ISLAMABAD: Two judges of Pakistan’s Supreme Court resigned in protest against the 27th constitutional amendment hours after it was signed into law on Thursday, saying the fresh…

Amendment reshapes military command, raising fears of weakened civilian control and diminished autonomy for services.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s legal community is sharply divided over the creation of the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) under the newly approved 27th Amendment, with some lawyers…